 Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never...  Gleanings from the English poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with biogr. notices ... - Pagina 248door English poets - 1862Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 276 pagina’s
...unvaried cries ; Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the moldering wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's...England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man : For him light labor spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pagina’s
...unvaried cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall . And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's...there was. ere England's griefs began, When every root! of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what... | |
 | 1845 - 842 pagina’s
...says Sismondi, " in the well-known lines of Goldsmith — ' 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay ! Princes...pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied.' " The Ckrematists always represent an increase of national wealth as necessarily flowing from an augmentation... | |
 | 1845 - 816 pagina’s
...Goldsmith — ' 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, •Where wealth accumulates and тол decay ! — Princes and lords may flourish or may...peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can петег Ъ* supplied.' " The Cln-ematiels always represent an increase of national wealth as necessarily... | |
 | Anne Kent - 1846 - 942 pagina’s
...to the regeneration of the people, and strive to promote the welfare of his fellow-men. CHAPTER XIV. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed can never be supplied. DESERTED VILLAGE. AFTER Arbridge had quitted the labourer's wretched... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 290 pagina’s
...ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall ; And trembling, shrinking from the spoilers hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood... | |
 | W. H. Leigh - 1847 - 244 pagina’s
...soil is left in his squalidness, his helplessness, his want. " 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Princes...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once neglected, ne'er can be supplied." Let the sigh that the expatriated tiller of the soil heaved... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pagina’s
...thy desert walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries. Sunk are thy bow'rs in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops...country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supply'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs began. When every rood of ground maintain'd its man... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 pagina’s
...tire each other down ; The swain, mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter tittered round the place ; The bashful virgin's side-long looks...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 pagina’s
...the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, 40 Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood... | |
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